Pocket-guard.



TGGKET GUAM.

mammina ruw 1153.191909.

naw Jj 4 withdrawal of un without the know edge of the wearer.

. mim-ii fri *if* ovini.; 'se UNIULD StATES if n'int'e. *aggredito lDREW J. BELLAS, 0l' COALINGA, CALIFORNIA.

POCKET-GUARD.

lpnctoattczi ni Katten limitant..

Patented Feb. 15, M5316'.

Applioltiol Med Hutch 1D, 1989. lcll No. 684,433.

To all whom it may concern:

citizen of the United Sintes of America, residing iit. Coiilinui, in thecounty of Fresno and titte of Cn iforniii, hure invented new undl usefulIiii roveinents in Pocket-Guards, i

of which the .ollowing is ii speeiliention.

'lhis iii\entioii reluies to pocket guards, iind one of the principal obcets of the sinne is to provide ii sini ile nui ellieient device.` r

which cnn be reu illy;

i connected to uny pocket und which wi etfectuiilly prevent motherobjet-t of the invention is to pro` riden rersilient loop to beconnected to ii pocket, i'iiiid loop lint-ing provided'witli n slidel'oil cloning ii portion ol tlie loop mid iit the iirticlc from thepocket.

ruine time elo-ing the pocket o tliiit nervios i to the pocket eniiiiotli" gziiued without Inoving the slide.

Still another objet-t of the invention is to provide ii spring loopwhich iiormiilly opens, i

iiiiid loo i being connected to ii ioeiiet und with n dido which wilhold the ptm'iilei two iiieiiilwi's of the loop together to close thepoi-kel, menus being provided whereby the eliiiin of n winch .or otheriirticle muy pinos through between the tivo ineinlxsrs of the loop.

'lhese und other objet-M niiiy lie iittained vided with a cnt-muyportion 5 u n o Be it known that I, Axnincw J. BELLAH, a PPO rgunt-d ntthe loop end is provided with ii 'suitable cover 11. t

The .safety guard is connected within the pocket b means oi stitchesextcndin through t ie iert'orutions 2 und 3, and it wi be obvious t atthe gourd muy be rendiiy connected to any pocket und disconnectedtherefrom whenever it isl required to use the device upon anothergarment.

'i'lie operation of my invention muy be lii'ieilydescribed u fiiiiowfi:Aftertlieiviiteli or other iir'iieieii linve been pliieed iii thepimltet a the slide in moved up against the Mop t). und the ehiiin ofthe watch is then permitted to extend through the loop por lion b of thegourd, this loop, however, boing oi mieli hizo iii-s to not permit thewiitcii to lio witluli'nu'n from tlie pocket. 'Wheneier it is desired togoin necesa to the pocket the slide t3 is moved buck iigiiinst theshoulder 8, the opi-ing iioiiiinlly separating lo the punition shown inFigs. l und 4 of the by iiieiiii of the vountrnetimi illustrated inpoeket guiird completo detuehed from they weitet, `#uid pocket giiiirdbeing shown open.

ig. t'. is a siuiiliir view sliou'ingthe gniii'd cloned. Fig. 3 is iineetionnl view on the line :i-3of Fig. l, looking iii the directionindii'nted by the iirrowii. Fig. -l is ii pero ieetiriiy view of thepocket gourd eoiiueet to n ioeket, ports of which nrtbrolcen iiwiiy to freiter il iii-dritte the construction. Fi ii .iii ii sectional view onthe line .fk-5 of `ig. 4, looking in the direction indiited by theiirrows. Fig. '6 is n horizontiii cionll view on the line 6--6 of Fi 4,looking in the directioii indicated by tie arrows.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral l desi hates a ilat vistrip ofspring metal, like ili'iiwing.

MY invention is of simple construction, eiiii io readily connected toiiny poi-kel, cnn

i be ipiieltly oprriiteil by the weiirer, in u ro- Figiire l is iipei'opeeiive view of tlio= liul) e siiiegnni'd ngiiiiist ioni oi'vuinnblo articles iiiiil cnn be iuiiiuiiurtui-ed nt coinpiiriitiveiysiiglit cost.

l claim:

'llie herein derivi-ined pocket gourd eeniprisiiig n pair of tint;oprimir stripr'f superiofied one upon the other und bent into the lorinof ii loop, one ot unid strips heilig ent iiwiiy at the lower side undprovided with ii nlionlder oiid atop iiiiil the other strip beingprovided with perl'ointions for connection to ii pocket, und n slidemounted upon said stri is between siiid shoulder und stop *for cloningthe two isti-ips together. t

llii testimony whereof I otix my sig-unitaire in prim-ence of twowitnesses.

ANDREW J. BELLAH.

